Sam Hornish, Jr.

DAYTONA BEACH — NASCAR will not return to a Donald Trump property in Miami for the season-ending Camping World trucks and Xfinity Series postseason awards ceremony in South Florida. "We have made the decision we will not be going to the Trump National Doral," David Higdon, NASCAR's communications director, said Friday. "We started talking about this situation earlier in the week." Trump's recent volatile comments about Mexicans has triggered a huge backlash as a number of supporters and sponsors, including NBC and Macy's, have dropped him. Higdon said the decision was finalized on Friday, coinciding with an open letter Camping World CEO Marcus...

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